Food for thought

The Animal Kingdom is getting back at us!!! Swine flu, Bird Flu, Mad Cow, ..etc.

High time we all turned veggies maybe.

Speaking of food, I miss the ultimate in street food...the doubles that you get in Trinidad......(breads called bara with chickpeas and sauces and lots of pepper).........YUM...I envy Obama...he must have just had some of the best you get there, specially catered for him....for no visit to Trini Land is complete without gorging on doubles for breakfast.
And of course I miss the street food in Mumbai, the pani puri and the sev batata puri..yum again!
I dont think I will ever visit Trinidad again, but Mumbai here I come....

Fallen Hero!

I hate to think that the one cine star I am a die-hard fan of could be associated with anyone who supports taking India backwards...No English..no computers...no modern tools in agriculture etc....I am talking about AB Sr. I recall that in a talk show his spouse when asked who is the politician you admire today said "Mulayam Singh undoubtedly." God..... I think as of now I cease to be a fan. A sad day in my life...but sadder for my country that we have such politicians. Now I want AB Sr. to be a real hero and disassociate himself from the party which came out with such a manifesto...Come on Mr.AB.....Will you be my hero again?

Shoe fling

Its all about shoes.....No I don't mean the throwing variety that got Bush and Chids. I mean the women and their shoes here. They all wear the most fantastic heels. I don't know how they manage it but they are always in big heels and go clipetty clop very smartly without once falling or twisting their ankles. I tried on a pair once and dint get past the front door. I am happy with my keds, though I am sure it takes away something from my looks. I mean you cant look smart and confident with a pair of keds that has seen better days. Still when I look at women my age here, I notice that they have swollen ankles (many of them). Well I guess everything in life is a trade off. And probably the men who threw shoes at the politicians now realise this.

Fat lot of good!

People aged over 40 gaining weight look younger when their faces are fatter, a new study has found.

*&$$@**... This study is 10 years tooooooo late...And to think I have spent the last 10 years trying to lose weight in order to look younger. Not fair!

At least now I will not feel guilty if I skip those yoga sessions and walks. I have a valid reason! But unfortunately for me I find that all my fat settles on my hips and not my face..Maybe somebody needs to do a study on fatter hips and how it affects a woman's looks.

2+2=4?

Baby birds can count and perform basic arithmetic, say researchers. Don't ask me how they arrived at that. Well, all I can say is that baby birds can do more than what I can do, besides flying I mean. I hate math and have always had a mental block as far as the subject is concerned. In fact if anything has to add up I do not like it. I think I prefer chaos to order. I remember in the initial days of marriage, spouse had so diligently put aside money in different envelopes for spending on groceries, milk, laundry etc..(He is by profession a munshi after all). And all it took was me to mess it all up. Never again did I see those neatly labelled envelopes. But then its a nice balance ...his orderliness versus my chaos. Coming back to baby birds, I wish my kids were baby birds. They can do very little counting........At least I think so considering how much of the bank transfers are from us to them. I don't think they are keeping count.

It wasn't cricket

Yesterday was fun. It was world cup pre qualifying football match between BiH and Belgium. The people were in a winning mood even before the match began. Fans poured in from all parts of Bosnia dressed in their traditional colours of blue and yellow. There was much merriment on the streets partly due to the beer consumed. I suspect that the sale of beer would have crossed the yearly average!! There was much singing and dancing on the roads (Bosnians love to sing). My spouse and I did not go to the stadium but we stood with the crowd outside the stadium and watched on the big screen. It was fun drinking beer, eating chevapi (without the meat...which essentially meant bread and onions!!...lol!!) and tapping our feet to the music which was being played before the match started. I confess we saw just about 5 minutes of the actual game...But thats becasue we are not football fans...we are more into cricket.....aren't all indians?

Somewhere deep in my sleep I heard fire crackers...The Bosnians had won!! We had won!